Addicted to Oil: America's Relentless Drive for Energy Security - Couverture souple

Rutledge, Ian

 
9781845113193: Addicted to Oil: America's Relentless Drive for Energy Security
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845113195 ISBN 13 : 9781845113193
Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2006

Synopsis

It has long been acknowledged that in America the car is king. However, America's car-orientated and car-dependent lifestyle goes beyond the culture of fast cars and freeways. In Addicted to Oil", Ian Rutledge explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of the US economy. He argues that America's dependence on the car has created a lifestyle leading to oil needs which have heavily influenced US foreign policy in the modern era. Rutledge traces the origins of America's addiction throughout the twentieth century and explains how America's relations with the Middle East were developed through its quest for energy security. America's motorisation and its consequent demand for oil at predictable market prices was and continues to be an important influence on US policy towards Iraq - especially given the uncertainties relating to what has so far been the securest source of Middle East oil - Saudi Arabia.
Ian Rutledge argues that the war in Iraq was neither a war for 'freedom' or 'democracy' nor was it a plot to 'steal Iraq's oil', but rather an attempt to establish a pliant and dependable oil protectorate in the Middle East which would underwrite the soaring demand from America's hyper-motorised consumers. "Addicted to Oil" is the first book to undertake an in-depth analysis of the motorisation of US society which explicitly links it to America's foreign policy adventures, past and present. "Addicted to Oil" is essential reading for an understanding of America's international political priorities and its fraught relations with the Middle East."

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À propos de l?auteur

Ian Rutledge is an energy economist and lectures at the University of Sheffield. He also works as an energy business consultant.

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Éditeur
I.B. Tauris
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845113195
ISBN 13 
9781845113193
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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